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November 10, 2014
Right to die: Choosing an end to life
Right to die: Choosing an end to life – More people, terminally ill or not, are deciding how and when they want to die. Should this be a crime? By Julie-Anne Davies for The Age. The desperation of the dying is something Melbourne woman Catherine Ringwood knows intimately. Much of her adult life has […]
November 9, 2014
Philip Nitschke: politicians out of step with public’s attitude to euthanasia
Helen Davidson, The Guardian Australia
Politicians and the medical profession are out of touch with the views of mainstream Australia about right-to-die laws, the euthanasia advocate Philip Nitschke said in Darwin on Sunday, ahead of an appeal against the suspension of his medical registration. Nitschke, who is the director of the pro-euthanasia group Exit International, had his medical registration suspended […]
October 24, 2014
Vale – Martin Burgess
Former Voluntary Euthanasia Candidate for the Northern Territory, Martin Burgess, died at his home in Darwin on Thursday 23 October after a long battle with bowel cancer. It is expected that he died after drinking Nembutal that he obtained over the Internet after posting a plea on You Tube (see video below). Speaking to The […]
October 21, 2014
Vale Gough Whitlam
The photograph is iconic and it the result of many years of hard work and perseverance from people from all walks of life, including myself. The Gurindji went on strike, not for wages and rations but to get their land back, out of the hands of the wealthy British Lord Vestey. I went to Wave […]
October 6, 2014
British label Australia’s Dr Nitschke as ‘very dangerous’
By Paul Gallagher, The Morning Bulletin
The controversial Australian doctor who has opened a euthanasia clinic in the UK advising people on how to end their lives is encouraging people to visit his clinic “before they get too sick”. Dr Philip Nitschke said the arrival of his non-profit organisation Exit International, which held its inaugural event in London on Saturday, was […]
October 3, 2014
Cruel and Usual Punishment: Is There a Humane Alternative to Prison?
Prison time is a very severe punishment. John Stuart Mill likened it to being consigned to a living tomb. Any society that employs it should do so with care and restraint. Yet we do not. Partly because we think that prison is a humane punishment, it is drastically over-used in many countries, to the point […]